Tuesday, December 27, 2011

These are the Feeding Centers of Amistad Familiar here in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, MX.

Pastor Carlos and Marilu Mariñelarena

Gaby (their daughter)and Mike (her husband from Canada)

have organized families throughout the Mazatlan community from their church to daily minister to the children

with physical and spiritual food from God's Word.

Special churches like this one from Plum Coulee

make it their mission

to come here and help.

Here's what Plum Coulee wrote with this great vimeo of

God's Work here:

"A group from Plum Coulee went to Mazatlan, Mexico to show God's love and to serve the people. The group of 12 fed the children in the feeding centers, built a 2 room home for a family, visited the men in the prison and brought gifts for the sunday school program."

This took place 27 days ago here.

I have photos and videos from my cellphone of their recent Christmas Program...that I hope to be able to share (but the sound on the video is horrible... you can't hear the kids at all and the beautiful music is very garbled) ... You can catch the center scene in this Vimeo from the message the day after the performance with Pastor Carlos and Mike translating from 2 Timothy 3 (it's in English and Spanish).

Alexandra and all the teachers did an excellent job in putting this all together for December 17th... Everyone was involved from the babies to the teens to the adults!!!

This is why this church holds a very special place in my heart!!! Everyone counts and everyone blesses. Thanks to all of you from Plum Coulee and AMISTAD FAMILAR for giving to the community in Mazatlan. I love you all and pray for many blessings and fruit from your dedication to serve.

DO THEY SEE JESUS IN ME?

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ALL MONTH, Every Week, Every Day...it's a lifetime experience!

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About Me

Born in St. Paul, MN. My home is in Stillwater, MN, but for the previous 20 years I lived in Mexico with my family of 3 dogs serving as led.
My REAL passion is JESUS Christ! I love the Mexican people, culture and Spanish language. I am living my Purpose Driven Life and have a vision of seeing God's children freed from injustices, poverty, hopelessness, and saved by the aMazing Grace of God!

Thank you ALL for participating when you were able & sharing your mission & heart with us!

I still believe that each one of us "were made for a mission" and an opportunity crosses our path each week to serve others as a MISSION. Open your eyes & see the needs around us!

I still believein the great value & worth of sharing MISSIONS!

I still believe that you do not have to be a missionary "sent out in the world" to be a missionary. Your home, your neighborhood, your community is filled with needs to be met with the passion & compassion of Jesus Christ. One day a week or month, take the time. It may be the first "short term" mission that God moves in you & touches others with His love.

I still believe"all" that Rick Warren shared in "The Purpose Driven Life" especially Purpose #5!WE WERE MADE FOR A MISSION!

I still believethat I will continue to share MISSIONS put on my heart right here.

"God has given you a Life Message to share..."

and I know that HE gave me a LIFE MESSAGE andI hope to share that through what I post here. I will continue to update on ministries as I have and those in my sidebar.

Tears of the Saints

I needed to remove the Vimeo because it says for PRIVATE USE! It's still worth seeing and all of the others available through Mission Mobilizer. It looks like "Tears of the Saints" is no longer available.

So I have replaced it with this song by Leeland & YouTube by lkittycat

IN THE PAST HOUR:

1625 children were forced to live on the streets

1667 children died from malnutrition or disease

115children became prostitutes

257 children were orphaned because of HIV/Aids.

It gets worse...

2 billion people in the world today have never ever heard of Jesus. 1% of missions financial support, goes to reaching those unreached people. 30,000 people starve to death every day.